Originally posted by AYOUB_SHEIKH: ^^ It's Sunday and our mate Socoto has had sip or two of holy blood Who? Me? No way! The only beverage I had this morning was a tisane.

Yes, Ramadan is impending. And so is earlier Ramadans if you live in N. Hemisphere.

What a pathetic strawman there Northerner. I thought you boxed a bigger punch, I guess I was wrong.

Originally posted by OLOL: and everything exists by mere chance? Only in the vernacular sense. The scientific meaning of chance is almost antithetical to the vernacular understanding of the word.

Originally posted by Northerner: But what diff does it make? It makes a world of difference. And you know that, don't put on the charade it doesn't.

Originally posted by Qudhac: we are not suprised and we not offended really by all the emitators as somalida kale have always been doing this. Naah! Look up: post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.

Originally posted by Libaax-Sankataabte: ^^ Ninku waa reer hawd. In other words, he aint somali. No free tripe for cats in my town!

Originally posted by Mutakalim: P.S. Will anyone summarise the content of the program for us? Sure, no problem. In a nutshell, the world is one big grand illusion. Don't be anchoring your philosophical ship at any dock anytime soon. What you think you knew is only the tip of the iceberg. More to come once I watch the program.

What's his qabiil?

Originally posted by Legend of Zu: Can start a rumour that Valenteenah is getting hitched to a certain Farax with peculiar eyes!... That would be a travesty of monumental proportions.

Originally posted by Rahima: Now run along and clean up the streets of Lakemba or something (keep the lid on) . Oh ya great offendi! Why o why bristle our honourable guest's sensibilities? Why sow acrimony and incivility? What's wrong with you?

I'm gravely chafed at Rahima's all too visible and undeniable disrespect for God's injections. Who is she to question the holy union of 3 people? She didn't only question, she scorned those beautiful people! Know what else, this whole rigamarole is all of her doing. The chickens she sent out have come home to roost. She's the one who donned the sanctimonious cloak and reproved those she deemed impious. I propose public flogging as punishment. Or alternately, self-flagellation. One or the other!

Originally posted by LayZieGirl: ^^ No suprise there,you r anti-social, you r always on the dark about everything and everyone. Who wants to share secrets or trade secrets with a monster like Warsan, Pot calling the kettle black! Or you forgot you were holding the mirror to yourself?

Hey neophyte, why don't you crawl back to the squalid dwelling you came from. You over-stayed your welcome as is. Turn around and exist at where you entered. If you wanna join this crib, for God's sakes at least bring some panache to the scene. That was the most pathetic, lame, dull intro I've ever had the displeasure of reading. Get lost!

Unfortunately, yes. My sensibilities... by viciously cruel world and savage co-species.

In my humble opinion, both are odious (except for my fam and sub-clan).

You know, Banks use your deposits to make money via lending. Those who were lended to use the money to finance business which create jobs, hence create more money... the bottomline is, your deposit is used to create more money for more people. Why shouldn't you get your share of the pie? As said, all interest is Haraam in Islam including the one you alluded to.

Originally posted by Viking: Muslims? I thought it was the blood-thirsty Christians under the orders of Ferdinand and Isabella. The Berber muslims, Almoravids first -- who invaded Andalucian Spain -- and others later beat them to the punch (Ferdinand and Isabella).

Originally posted by Amelia: SB and Besbaaso , ma idinkaan idinla hadley? Maya! :mad: Who cares who you were talking to? I can damn well talk to you anytime I please. Don't need your permission. Copy that, Sister Chameleon?

Originally posted by Jamilah: Whatever happend to "with dertermination and passion anything is possible" . It's not true. All the determination and passion in the world won't help you swallow the moon.

Originally posted by Amelia: There aren't that many deserving or qualified Somali men out there, That cuts both ways! By the way, stop misleading the impressionable! All you kids out there, take it from this doddering oldster, school is indispensable part of life. No school, no tripe for your cats.

Originally posted by Viking: History says that the preceding Muslim thinkers of Andalucia who translated Greek works into Arabic and developed sciences immensely (while Euorope was willowing in The Dark Ages - controlled by the Church) paved way for the Enlightenment. I think the Renaissance is more the likely impetus for the Enlightenment. It was closer in time to the Age Enlightenment and the discourse was among Europeans, in European soil. The Andalucian Spain and House of Wisdom in Bagdad, among others, were the beacon of a short lived Islamic/Muslim ascendency in Sciences and Learning in general. But who brought it to screaching halt? Specially in Andalucian Spain? Other muslims. There is a reason why it was possible for the Age of Enlightenment took root in Europe. And that is due to the separation of Church and State. The reaction of the Church to thinkers like Galileo, Bruno among others shows the reigning paradigm of the day was none other than the Church itself. It fought to tooth and nail. Ultimately losing.

Originally posted by Viking: JB, The Prophet bought a lot of slaves and he didn't sell them on, you know why? Because he bought them to free them! Viking, I read several Sahih Ahadith to the contrary. Your double-edged reference, Maria, is one such example. Correct if I'm wrong but she wasn't freed prior to being married to the prophet, was she?

Originally posted by Valenteenah: How long have you been hearing these 'subliminal gay messages' then? Seeing, not hearing. I've noticed increase in the number of spinster aunt dads on TV. Very alarming! And of course the detestable buggers too.

This is my Khaat. There are many like it but this one is mine. My Khaat is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my khaat is useless. Without my khaat I am useless. I must gnaw my khaat true. Before Allah I swear this creed: my khaat and myself are defenders of my country, we are the masters of my enemy, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace. Amen. P.S. Co-opted from US Marines Chant